Legal Opinion
Casey Birkley v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided November 1, 2016No. 2015-KA-00859-COAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, J„
FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Casey Birkley appeals his armed-robbery conviction and sentence as a habitual offender of life without parole in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), claiming that the admission of evidence of prior convictions and testimonial hearsay by a non-witness constitutes reversible error. Finding merit to both issues raised by Birkley, we reverse the judgment and remand for a new trial consistent with this opinion.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2. On the night of January 20, 2014, Erica Wallace was working at an Exxon gas station in Greenville,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Ross v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
- Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Sedrick Buchanan and Armand Jones a/k/a Armond Jones a/k/a A.J. Jones v. State of Mississippi;Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2019
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